Guest guest Posted January 20, 2000 Report Share Posted January 20, 2000 HI al l! Its me Cat Becca,Ruth,Janie and Betsi count me in sounds like a fantastic DOUBLE support idea to me. CSCluv** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 Dear AlleyPat: A culture may be of some help if you have an odd, or very strong bacteria. The Z-Pack is the same as you took, but, in the most recent ENT trials, for sinuses, the on, off, on method was found to be most effective with this antibiotic. Also, I never use the Z-pack during the heavy upper respiratory infection, season, usually late fall to early spring. You may need to have your tonsils removed if you keep getting chronic infections. When the tonsils and adenoids swell, they can block the sinus cavities, and the eustasian tubes may not equalize your inner ear. This is why I had to have mine removed at 19, and probably one of the few reasons left to remove the tonsils. Also, since the tonsils are " nodes " , they store the garbage. If that is backing up into the sinuses or ears, it will give chronic infections. At least for now, when I have patients like you are describing, if they are chronic, (more than 4 times a year), and they do not want to see an ENT, I only treat for 10 days. If I can get rid of the bacteria, then I will use the 14 day approach. Also, besides the nasal steroid sprays, guafensin, sudafed, and something like the Claritin, Allegra or Zyrtec, sometimes prophylactic therapy works. Also, I always rotate the antibiotics for these, between Augmentin, Biaxin, Cipro, Ceclor CD, Ceftin, and similar ones in this category. I also encourage all females to eat at least 1 yogurt a day to avoid the yeast problems. The only right approach is the one that works for you, and sometimes that takes experimentation. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 Dear AlleyPat: A culture may be of some help if you have an odd, or very strong bacteria. The Z-Pack is the same as you took, but, in the most recent ENT trials, for sinuses, the on, off, on method was found to be most effective with this antibiotic. Also, I never use the Z-pack during the heavy upper respiratory infection, season, usually late fall to early spring. You may need to have your tonsils removed if you keep getting chronic infections. When the tonsils and adenoids swell, they can block the sinus cavities, and the eustasian tubes may not equalize your inner ear. This is why I had to have mine removed at 19, and probably one of the few reasons left to remove the tonsils. Also, since the tonsils are " nodes " , they store the garbage. If that is backing up into the sinuses or ears, it will give chronic infections. At least for now, when I have patients like you are describing, if they are chronic, (more than 4 times a year), and they do not want to see an ENT, I only treat for 10 days. If I can get rid of the bacteria, then I will use the 14 day approach. Also, besides the nasal steroid sprays, guafensin, sudafed, and something like the Claritin, Allegra or Zyrtec, sometimes prophylactic therapy works. Also, I always rotate the antibiotics for these, between Augmentin, Biaxin, Cipro, Ceclor CD, Ceftin, and similar ones in this category. I also encourage all females to eat at least 1 yogurt a day to avoid the yeast problems. The only right approach is the one that works for you, and sometimes that takes experimentation. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2000 Report Share Posted April 29, 2000 YUp I agree. This past week tho I've just not taken any pills at all. After the food poisoning bout or whatever it was, I hated to go back to popping pills so I'm just hanging in for now with the new anti depressant the gastro gave me thurs. I will prolly go back on the claritin saturday now that food is more an inny thing than an outy thing hahaha. Thanks Marty for your input It's been a bad year here in Dallas with no real freeze and everyone has been having some hay fever type problems it seems. Once the dry hot air hits we should be ok till fall. alley/ ICQ 12631861 alleypat@... http://www.flash.net/~alleypat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Hello everyone-- I am a relatively new member of this group. Two months ago I thought I would start Xolair--I'd been approved and was waiting about a month for the first dose to arrive. In the mean time lo and behold I was improving. This was due, I think, to 1) a new medicine protocol (I had switched HMO's and the new doctor made some changes in doses and he substituted meds) and 2) I am having less stress after a job change and financial conditions are improving in our household. Bottom line is I decided not to start Xolair, and of course the HMO was happy to comply. One reason I decided this is that my new doctor went on at length about the fact that Xolair is very new--and the long term effects are not known. Also I want to have a powerful and unused medication in the arsenal, just in case I really need it. Xolair is that drug for me. I am feeling much better than I have in probably 5 years--and I think the reduction in stress is the biggest reason for the improvement. That is my story. We all keep learning as we go forward. My hope is that we each find a pathway to relief and positive change in health in the years ahead. Bruce -----Original Message----- From: [mailto: ] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:52 AM Subject: [ ] Digest Number 131 There are 2 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Re: This has nothing to do with my asthma and Xolair but...... From: " keemaka42 " <keemaka42@...> 2. Re: This has nothing to do with my asthma and Xolair but...... From: " akohli87450 " <akohli87450@...> ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 20:13:44 -0000 From: " keemaka42 " <keemaka42@...> Subject: Re: This has nothing to do with my asthma and Xolair but...... If it is any consolation my 75 yr old mother in law recovered really fast from her gall bladder surgery with the new techniques; her asthma did not even have *time* to flare. Good luck! P > I had tests run on my gallbladder last week and found out that only > 6% of it is working. Time for surgery again. sigh! They say that it > is not so bad anymore because of Laproscopic techniques. > > I don't have time to be away from the office for a week! > I see the surgeon on May 21 to get my surgery scehduled. > > Doug ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 --- In , " Bruce Prenguber " <bruce@g...> wrote: > Hello everyone-- > I am a relatively new member of this group. Two months ago I thought I > would start Xolair--I'd been approved and was waiting about a month for > the first dose to arrive. In the mean time lo and behold I was > improving. This was due, I think, to 1) a new medicine protocol (I had > switched HMO's and the new doctor made some changes in doses and he > substituted meds) and 2) I am having less stress after a job change and > financial conditions are improving in our household. > > Bottom line is I decided not to start Xolair, and of course the HMO was > happy to comply. One reason I decided this is that my new doctor went > on at length about the fact that Xolair is very new--and the long term > effects are not known. Also I want to have a powerful and unused > medication in the arsenal, just in case I really need it. Xolair is > that drug for me. > > I am feeling much better than I have in probably 5 years--and I think > the reduction in stress is the biggest reason for the improvement. That > is my story. > > We all keep learning as we go forward. My hope is that we each find a > pathway to relief and positive change in health in the years ahead. > > Bruce > > Bruce, Thanks for posting and WELCOME to the group! Doug Founder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 .... This was due, I think, to 1) a new medicine protocol (I had > switched HMO's and the new doctor made some changes in doses and he > substituted meds) and 2) I am having less stress after a job change and financial conditions are improving in our household. Welcome to the group. You make an excellent point, which is that there is no one set of medications that is *best* for everyone. Managing asthma is prety much an art, and some doctors and patients are much better at it than others. If you can control your symptoms without the big guns, that's great! I have long been convinced that medicines work better and we respond better when our stress levels are reduced as much as possible. Good luck! P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 At 10:58 AM 5/14/2004, you wrote: >hi Audrey! >i don't find your comments disrespectful at all! :-) they're wonderful! > >i teach writing and i study techniques about how to best do that in >electronic text -- i use lower case for everything in my early drafts. >(i only cap other people's names in emails because i don't want THEM to be >offended!) > >so no, it doesn't mean the same thing for me to use a lower case as it >does for you -- when i use a lower case, it means that i've not > " copy-edited " for publication in the same ways that i have when i go back >and revise to submit for more " official " sources. > >if i use sentence case (which typically only amounts to capping the first >letter of the sentence and the " I " s) in early drafts, it confuses me about >how much revision a piece has gone through when i go back to revise >it. so it's one of my little tricks of electronic writing to denote to >myself that what i've said is casual and not yet edited for publication! > >actually, i have a tendency to believe that i know everything -- so i tend >to have the opposite challenge: reminding myself that god is in everyone, >not just me! LOL! > >thanks for your kind attention! >peace to all! >deanya > >On Friday, May 14, 2004, at 04:29 AM, immunics wrote: > >>Dear Deanya, >> >>I hope you won't think me disrespectful, but I noticed your >>small " i " in all your responses ... if I suggested the biggest >>issue for you to deal with might be self-respect and taking care of >>yourself, would you be offended? .... I really hope not. >> >>Having said that, as an old ACIM person, now I have to go back and >>examine my own belief system about me. If I can see an issue in >>someone else, I see it in me also. >> >>Geez. I'll be testing myself now. >> >>Namaste, >>Audrey > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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